Roman Portraits, a Poem, in Heroick Verse; with Historical Remarks and Illustrations: by Robert Jephson, EsqHenry Baldwin, 1794 - 275 Seiten |
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... arms unstain'd with civil blood ; 5 55 The spirit and alacrity with which the volunteers of Ireland took up arms in the year 1778 , are unexampled , but by the wisdom and mo- deration with which they laid them down after the ...
... arms unstain'd with civil blood ; 5 55 The spirit and alacrity with which the volunteers of Ireland took up arms in the year 1778 , are unexampled , but by the wisdom and mo- deration with which they laid them down after the ...
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... against human nature at large ; and virtue , no less than good policy , must put arms into the hands of all civilized nations to oppose them . C Alone Alone she mourn'd her once unrivall'd weal , Nor claim'd ROMAN PORTRAITS . 9.
... against human nature at large ; and virtue , no less than good policy , must put arms into the hands of all civilized nations to oppose them . C Alone Alone she mourn'd her once unrivall'd weal , Nor claim'd ROMAN PORTRAITS . 9.
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... a man ; 280 1 Civitas secum ipsa discors intestino inter patres plebemque flagrabat odio , maxime propter nexos ob æs alienum . Liv . 1. ii . c . 23 . His well - brac'd arm and massy club deny'd The 1 His 20 ROMAN PORTRAITS .
... a man ; 280 1 Civitas secum ipsa discors intestino inter patres plebemque flagrabat odio , maxime propter nexos ob æs alienum . Liv . 1. ii . c . 23 . His well - brac'd arm and massy club deny'd The 1 His 20 ROMAN PORTRAITS .
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Robert Jephson. His well - brac'd arm and massy club deny'd The vain distinctions of usurping pride ; Till in the pompous magistrate he saw The insult only , and forgot the awe . Power which to full maturity would grow , 285 To save the ...
Robert Jephson. His well - brac'd arm and massy club deny'd The vain distinctions of usurping pride ; Till in the pompous magistrate he saw The insult only , and forgot the awe . Power which to full maturity would grow , 285 To save the ...
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... arms , at last obtain❜d , The sovereign rule o'er every power she gain'd . " Matchless in war , and by examples great , Laws still were wanting to confirm the state . By no establish'd , well - known rule confin'd , Decision varied ...
... arms , at last obtain❜d , The sovereign rule o'er every power she gain'd . " Matchless in war , and by examples great , Laws still were wanting to confirm the state . By no establish'd , well - known rule confin'd , Decision varied ...
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admirable Æneid ancient Antony appear arms atque Augustus bade blood boast bold bosom breast Brutus CASS Catiline Cato character charms Cicero Coriolanus crimes cruel cruelty dæmon death DION Dion Cassius display'd emperor Engraved Ennius Epist erat etiam eyes fame favourite fierce FLOR foes form'd France genius Georgicks grace heart heaven honour horrour human Julius Cæsar king laws Lepidus less liberty Livy lord lov'd LUCAN Mæcenas mankind Marius ment mind Montesquieu muse nature nature's NUMA POMPILIUS numbers o'er Octavius once OVID pass'd passions perhaps person Plebeian Plutarch poet Pompey Pompey's pride proud publick quæ quam quod rage republick ROBERT JEPHSON Roman Rome Rome's Sallust Scipio SCIPIO AFRICANUS senate shame shews soft soul spirit SUET sword Sylla tears Tiberius Tibullus toil tongue Tully Tully's tyrant verse Virgil virtue wise youth δε και μεν τε τοις
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Seite 136 - Bene et composite C. Caesar paulo ante in hoc ordine de vita et morte disseruit, credo, falsa existumans quae de inferis memorantur, divorso itinere malos a bonis loca taetra, inculta, foeda atque formidulosa habere. Itaque censuit pecunias eorum publicandas, ipsos per municipia in custodiis habendos...
Seite 257 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Seite xxiv - For my own part, I used to think myself in company as much above me, when I was with Mr. Addison and Mr. Pope, as if I had been with all the Princes in Europe.
Seite vii - They are such as render negotiation useless, and must entirely deprive of stability any peace which could be concluded in such circumstances. Where is our security for the performance of a treaty where we have neither the good faith of a nation, nor the responsibility of a monarch ? The moment that the mob of Paris becomes under the influence of a new leader, mature deliberations are reversed, the most solemn engagements are retracted, our free will is altogether controlled by force.
Seite x - The country be shut up, lured by the scent, On church-yards drear (inhuman to relate!) The disappointed prowlers fall, and dig The shrouded body from the grave; o'er which, Mix'd with foul shades, and frighted ghosts, they howl.
Seite 129 - Caesar cedere, aitque eum elegantem, splendidam quoque atque etiam magnificam et generosam quodam modo rationem dicendi tenere ; et ad Cornelium Nepotem 2 de eodem ita scripsit : " Quid ? oratorem quem huic antepones eorum, qui nihil aliud egerunt ? Quis sententiis aut acutior aut crebrior ? Quis verbis aut ornatior aut elegantior?
Seite vi - What could be the effect of any negociation for peace in the present moment ? It is not merely to the character of Marat, with whom we would have to treat, that I object; it is not to the horror of those crimes which have stained their legislators, crimes in every stage rising above another in point of enormity ; but I object to the consequences of that character, to the effect of those crimes.
Seite 168 - Triumviratum rei p. constituendae per decem annos administravit ; in quo restitit quidem aliquamdiu collegis ne qua fieret proscriptio, sed inceptam utroque acerbius exercuit. Namque illis in multorum saepe personam per gratiam et preces exorabilibus solus magno opere contendit ne cui parceretur, proscripsitque etiam C. Toranium tutorem suum, eundem collegam patris sui Octavi in...
Seite 130 - Phoenissis habebat, quos dicam, ut potero ; incondite fortasse, sed tamen, ut res possit intelligi : " Nam si violandum est jus, regnandi gratia Violandum est : aliis rebus pietatem colas.
Seite 23 - ... primum ultimumque illud supplicium apud Romanos exempli parum memoris legum humanarum fuit, in aliis gloriari licet, nulli gentium mitiores placuisse poenas.